Michael Jackson's INSANE Sleeping Habits! Did Insomnia KILL The King Of Pop?! 

"Just make me sleep." - Michael Jackson (6/25/2009)

Mike was a close friend of my cousin back in 2001. He told her that ever since his hair caught on fire from the Pepsi commercial, his head was in so much pain that he could not sleep. He had been on pain killers years before for the pain, but he became addicted to them so he refused to resort to them again for his sleeping problem. He also had lupus, which also took a huge toll on his body. He went through a lot of adversity. His comfort and joy was his kids.

it's impossible to imagine what Michael's been through. Is this the price for his genius, uniqueness, legendary status? Is it a real price for his kindness, his help to children, his charity work, his total dedication...?

He had the most beautiful soul. He didn’t deserve that. 💔

Michael Jackson is a beautiful soul. RIP

As someone that has had insomnia for weeks, I understand his desperation. There comes a point where you become desperate to get sleep. He probably would've been fine if he didn't have rehearsals and shows to think about.

He did have insomnia but didn’t die of it. It was due to the drug overdose of propofol administered to him at his time of death intended to get rid of it. Propofol isn’t even a sleep aid or insomnia treatment. The amount of drugs given to him was insane!

AEG, Randy Phillips, Thome Thome, Conrad Murray and that whole circle killed Michael.

I feel your pain Michael😔

Poor Michael❤ the sweetest soul on this planet: "...before you judge me try hard to love me..." we fans do Michael, we do❤❤❤❤❤❤

How incredibly sad. He suffered way more than people realized. It's such a shame he couldn't get the help needed. Instead, he had only "yes people" around him. He is missed in the world even if he had lived and completed the THIS IS IT tour and then retired. At least he would have been here for his children's lives. ❤❤❤ Just a side note I've been a fan of the Jacksons and Michael Jackson since I was a kid. I was born in 1970, so let's say a long time. R.I.P. ❤️❤️❤️

This was very sad. Especially as someone who also suffers from sleep issues. :(

Makes so much sense..I developed a habit of not sleeping for a full night, just in 3-hour intervals..when I do get 5 hours or more, I feel much so much better mentally..Sleep deprivation is a real thing.. My paranoia goes through the roof..adequate sleep, it disappears..

That is sad for Michael not getting enough sleep and now he will rest in peace and we will love him forever❤️❤️❤️

All of this started in 1984 when the Pepsi commercial pyrotechnics set MJ'S hair on fire; which introduced him to painkillers that sent him down a spiral that led to his insomnia which cost him his life. Great video from the detail. Long live the king of pop. 😢🎉

This is a very well done video & it's one angle I never thought of when it came to Michael's life. His sleep history WAS NEVER normal. And you really break it down how & why that is. Yeah, it makes perfect sense. Us fans didn't really think about it. He always slept in weird ways. And the endorphin high he got from performing could not just be put in a box. He had to have cool down time. There's always a sacrifice. To become the World's Greatest Star, Michael had to give up quality sleep. Us fans never even considered that angle. Thank you for this video, thedetail.

Once again, you outdid yourself! A very important but not ever-focused-on subject of MJ's life. You made a great essay video. Thanks. It helps flesh him out as a real human and not just the KING OF POP and the gout. I feel like now I know him even more, thanks to you.

I always thought he suffered from some sort of sleep deprivation psychosis. Sadly, I experienced this after giving birth to my kid and escaping an abusive relationship around the same time. I had to get help when I started having frightening thoughts. I'm sorry he felt he couldn't get real help. It was known he was terrified about having his medical issues made public. Unfortunately that made him a perfect target for these shady doctors. It happened to Elvis and Anna Nicole Smith too. 😔

He may have had insomnia but he was killed by the industry higher ups. He said it himself that they were trying to kill him. They also framed him saying he was a pedophile.

Indeed, it is because of the high level of adrenaline that Michael cannot fall asleep.❤ And also a crazy schedule of performances.❤

The thumbnails are so distasteful!😢

Y'all beat him up about sharing his bed. He grew up that way.

Мученик. Всё было, а самого простого и нужного для жизни так никто и не смог ему дать. Любовь, чувство реальной свободы и просто здоровый сон. Много ли надо человеку для счастья? Да просто умиротворения. Милый Майкл покойся с миром. Драгоценного сердца человек. Любимый Майкл.

I literally clicked on this video and said out loud "Freddie thought it was strange that Mike didn't have a bed frame-" and you put it in the video! Get out of my head, Detail! Lol I'd love tbe opportunity to buy you a drink a talk all things MJ. I'm always amazed at how many thing you and I agree on re MJ. So cool!

Only a person who suffers from insomnia can really understand this torture. Just knowing that others are sleeping peacefully,you feel the loneliest. I’m sad that he died but I understand that you will do anything to sleep.

I have insomnia....after 2 days I will fall asleep. RIP MJ🙏🏾🙏🏾🕊️

That Bio movie is going to hit hard, he never wanted to let go his childhood. His sleeping habits I could understand, yeah you gotta rest~ Wilmrbadguy

Not to mention the 2005 trial

Just imagine if today's Bryan Johnson was friends with Michael in 2005. What if Michael Jackson learned how to get a perfect sleep score like Bryan Johnson for months and months? Not only would his health be drastically different, but so would be the face of pop music! MJ had so much more to offer!

This does make sense. I battle not sleeping much so i feel for him. He never had a normal life was famous since he was 6 had a father that beat him alot, couldnt go out anywhere very sad. He never really had peace. When he died how painful and upsetting it was for his family and friend my first thought was now he has peace. Fly high angel. You will be forever missed. The world will be a little less bright. Go entertain the ones that past of before you. ❤

WHY DIDNT ANYONE GIVE MICHAEL JACKSON SOME INDICA WEED…

I wish I could hug him but I can't.

Can you do a video about Michael’s favorite scents please?

I have a friend who hadn't slept for 8 years and she's still going. Imagine living a life destroyed by people's e hate and to be in the mind of someone who helped people to be humanitarian and loving person later on proceeded as a molester. To be traumatised by the past to even to changing the nose that is apart of the body to be bullied apon and to hate the way as how one looks. Oh to be loved but yet To be destroyed.

Can't believe he died over 10 years ago, it's crazy

I think its very important to mention that Dr Arnold Klein was administering Demerol to MJ that's why we have videos of several visits to Arnold's office in 2009, and the reason why some of the this is it crew said sometimes mj appeared talking slowly or like if he has taken something. At the end MJ was in abstinece on demerol thats why is wasnt found on his body in the autopsy, and leaving an addictive drug like demerol suddenly like he did replacing it with other drugs caused even more insomnia, anxiety and some other effects for leaving demerol without a professional and all of that caused like a circle of one problem leading to another one.

İ will always love you Michael😢

We have a wonderful hypnologist in Russia and she creates excellent meditations, affirmations, which I have been listening to for more than two years, every evening I just turn on before going to bed and fall asleep. And every time I think that if Michael listened to them, they would definitely help him, they act very well on the subconscious and life really changes for the better. I believe that Michael is alive and I dream that someday a miracle will happen and we will listen to these meditations together, although they are in Russian, but I think the subconscious will understand. In his book, Frank Casio wrote that Michael believed in the power of affirmations, so he would have liked meditation too. Michael, if you're reading these lines, please try to listen to them.

Seems like he may have been able to unwind by being around kids. Probably reminded him of his actual childhood where he would be surrounded by his many brothers & sisters. But he couldn't do that anymore so the kids were stand ins. Substitutes for his siblings.

Он хотел, чтобы его любили,а всего лишь было достаточно,хотя бы в своё время, Отцу сказать, что он любит всех своих детей, каждому лично,не нужно ни кого выделять

Great video

Jesus says “ my Peace I give unto you, not as the world gives it but as I give it.” Also Jesus calls us to rest in Him. I wish MJ knew this

As someone with terrible insomnia as well, I completely understand MJ falling victim to the medications that ultimately took his life. If I don’t take my medication I’m literally up until the break of dawn, and then I’ll just pass out and wake up 3 or 4 hours later, say around 9:00 or 10:00 am. It’s terrible. You can’t think clearly, everything’s a haze, you just want to feel well rested and have peace of mind throughout the day. You become very irritable, and after a few nights without adequate sleep, you become almost psychotic. Real insomniacs know. It’s such a struggle.

What the hell is this thumbnail? Yall just love disrespecting him

Dude, I love the videos on this channel about MJ and is a good place as big fan to learn more about him, but what's with this title and thumbnail? It almost reads like a pop-up ad, and the thumbnail makes it feel like one even more

Poor Michael, he went through so much! I love you MJ and miss you so much 😢❤

Rest in peace michael 🙏

Why you are photoshopping Michael pics to make him look worse??? Shame on you

I ❤😘😍 Michael Jackson

The pain medicine didn't help, I imagine a burnt scalp would hurt. Opioids didn't help anymore. Thus the proprofol. Sleep deprivation can make you crazy.

Just like he never got used to being onstage alone; I've noticed when he toured solo there's always four people with mics flanking him .

What was the bloody tshirt all about? Poor MJ. I suffer with insomnia and am wrecked after just a week. I cannot imagine how he was feeling and no wonder he needed so many drugs to function.

I got insomnia myself and it sucks

It seems to me that all he needed was a bowl🍚of soup or a Mug🍺 of Horlicks.

I paused it at 7:38 to do something, i come back n saw his face n i just laughed 😂 . I jusr love him

He was stressed, so he ended taking drugs😢😔

مسكين مايكل جاكسون الله يرحمك😢😢😢😢

I love this channel 😭

SICK THUMBNAIL.

heartbreaking🥺💔 rest in peace😢

I just had toe surgery, they gave me propofol (milk) it only lasts for 5-8 mins. It is just to initially put you under, not to sleep. Conrad Murray murdered this man, he would give him his “milk” via a IV.. which should never be done. There are so many other options out there, than an aesthetic strictly to be used in a hospital setting. If only the “doctor” would have offered him a much safer alternative. rest in peace Micheal, you will be forever missed. ❤

That's what happened his body was used to sleeping in the daytime and not at night so sad 😞 ❤RIPMJ 🙏🏾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌺🌺🌺🌺💙💜💜💙🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🌾🌾🌺🌺

He is now resting ...forever in peace

Thank you for your amazing work "the Detail".This was heartbreaking to watch. Michael Jackson was murdered, we can't ever forget that. ❤ #mjforever#mjinnocent

It sucks that his last years was so rough. He couldn’t even breath without the media tearing him down. Rest in Peace Mj 🕊️

im watching this after sleeping at 5am the night before 😭

Not sleeping for days, is not normal, what they posess him with is doing that to his body. They really use his body to there evil want.

Poor Michael. He’s been through a lot of pain. ☹️☹️🥺🥺😞😞😢😢 He’s suffered very bad. 💧💧❗️❗️😕😕 God bless Michael’s soul in the beautiful Kingdom Heaven. 💖💖❤️❤️✝️✝️💟💟🙏🏽🙏🏽🕊️🕊️🪽🪽💐💐🌹🌹🌺🌺👑👑🌎🌎💎💎

In Michael's situation no one could sleep always exposed to pressure from managers and processes that no one can stand

ياخي قناتك ادمان

People who have never had insomnia have no clue of the curse that it is. It is HORRIBLE. 😢

The burn started him with medication

So sleep deprivation is the root of the cause of his death. I also seem to suffer from a bit of insomnia and i feel so bad for Michael. He was just too sweet but almost all people hurted him and got all benefits from him. Why did they treat him like that? All of them made him like this. I miss you so much Michael. Love you and you're always missed my angel ❤

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Спасибо за видео.

❤❤❤😢povero mihael jekson. Grazie per il video sandy da roma italy

DeLeo was re-instated in 2009? I thought Dieter Wiesner was his Manager from 1998 to 2009...!

I didn't think Michael was going to die. because 3 months ago he announced was going to do a THIS IS IT tour in the UK.

Insomnia is a terrible thing. Jackson had propofol anaesthetic at his disposal, but high doses of it ultimately killed him. 🙏

Большие достижения требуют больших жертв. Приходится и сном жертвовать! Знаю по себе..

Nice photo of Michael Jackson with dark light red eyes 👀 I really like it!! Just like in a fairytale like a biggest cuteness werewolf thankfully 😍🥰🕊️🐺🍀😏🪄✨💖😄😃😀😁

They killed him, I’m not going to say who “they” are, but you can research it for yourself. Listen to his last phone call, he was holding up his end of the deal. Mike started exposing everything towards the end of his life and he knew his time was up. That’s all I’m saying.

This makes me so sad

Michael was very sensitive and emotional, I can imagine that the false allegation and the horrible smear campaign caused a lot of stress and psychological pain on his health. Especially because Michael's motivation was to help and support people. Michael was on and off painkillers due to his lupus, which causes joint and muscle pain. He also suffered a severe back injury after falling 50 feet from a bridge during a concert. His autopsy confirmed he had osteoarthritis in almost all his joints, requiring pain management. Both his lungs were inflamed due to lupus. I don't believe he was on drugs while in Bahrain, where there is a death penalty for drug use, or while he lived in Ireland. He also attended Ayahuasca retreats in Brazil, which prohibit drug use. No pain medication was found in his body when he died. Dr. Murray is responsible for Michael's death. He administered 25 mg of propofol, far exceeding the maximum recommended dose of 5 mg. This is not an accidental overdose. He failed to inform Michael that propofol could cause insanity and be fatal. Another reason why Michael had insomnia is the fact, that Michael had migraines after the burn accident. He had a surgery on his scull, the doctor opened his scull and placed a balloon under his scull, for more elasticity, but it left him with insomnia. Michael did not sleep with boys in his bedroom. Many adults, parents, friends, girls, nephews, nieces, managers, and bodyguards were often present. Michael never invited anyone into his bedroom; people wanted to be close to him, and he was too polite to turn them away. He was known to be non-confrontational and struggled to say no, likely due to being raised by a strict authoritarian father. During the 2005 trial, women confirmed they also slept in Michael's bed, and his bodyguard mentioned in an interview that Michael often stayed in hotels in LA to sleep.

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I know this is off-topic especially for a video with such a dark topic, but I am living for the Freddie and Michael stories. It's interesting to know how they interracted. I really hope MJ's new biopic adds that in. On a more serious note, it's pretty astonishing and horrifying to know how bad MJ's insomnia was. He was the living embodiment of the Russian Sleep Experiment.

I saw Janet on the 15th anniversary while she was preforming in Cleveland a few days ago and when scream came on it was the loudest roar I’ve ever heard from a crowd even 15 years later he is still making an impact on the lives of today

Your videos are very good but please put the audio track option so you can see them in Spanish

I remember the interview that was recorded by the police interviewing Dr Murray and they asked him how long or how many times he's used propofol ob Michael and he replied - for 30 days every night- not 60 days - still that is a crazy amount of time to go without sleeping! Probably the only person to go that long without REM sleep!!

The Greatest of All Time! Michael lived life to the Fullest and became The Greatest Star on The Planet!

Isso de câmera de oxigênio é mentira Michael mesmo desmentiu isso. Ele entrou apenas para ver como era e tiraram uma foto e espalharam essa notícia falsa ele nunca possuiu isso na sua casa

Thanks king history Michael Jackson your voice smile heart hugs humanity lives forever never existed another never compared to anyone Michael Jackson you lives forever in our hearts life we are the world 👑💫🌻💎🌎🎶🌞

למה אתה שם תמונה כל כך לא מחמיאה שלו בתמונה של הסירטון?

Well he’s resting now, don’t have to deal with all the BS media and tabloids anymore

That's not true, about the oxgen chamber. He did an interview, about a burn center for children..he was spending a $100,000 dollars on the oxgen chamber . So he was trying it out...

Это очень грустно. Почему человек, сделавший столько для нашего мира долден был так страдать? Он не заслужил этого, я надеюсь, судьба это осознанла

He owned 50% of Sony he owned the entire Beatles catalogs worth over a Billion dollars alone just for the beatles sold more records than any other artist ànd at the time got paid 1$ per album sold which at the time was high pay per àlbum for a solo singer most talents received around 10 cents per album so how he ended up $400 mil in debt before his debt doesn't make sense

I also suffer our Angel Michael's & Prince crazy insane insomnia disease

😢😢😢😢 poor Michael… fame kill people…

If you really do your research.. you would know that Michael had an anesthesiologist, who also helped, unfortunately, that day, Mr. Conrad, decided not to call him, and performed the procedure himself….